Background Rhazya stricta is native to arid regions in South Asia and the Middle East and is
used extensively in folk medicine to treat a wide range of diseases. In addition to generating …

Orchidaceae is one of the largest families of angiosperms. Considering the large number of
species in this family and its symbiotic relationship with fungi, Orchidaceae provide an ideal …

Apostasia shenzhenica belongs to the subfamily Apostasioideae and is a primitive group
located at the base of the Orchidaceae phylogenetic tree. However, the A. shenzhenica …

Plant mitochondrial genomes are a valuable source of genetic information for a better
understanding of phylogenetic relationships. However, no mitochondrial genome of any …

Plant mitochondrial genomes (mitogenomes) exhibit fluid genome architectures, which
could lead to the rapid erosion of genome synteny over a short evolutionary time scale …

Duhuo, a member of the Angelica family, is widely used to treat ailments such as rheumatic
pain. It possesses a diverse array of bioactivities, including anti-tumor, anti-inflammatory …

Short repeats (SR) play an important role in shaping seed plant mitochondrial genomes
(mtDNAs). However, their origin, distribution, and relationships across the different plant …

Background Mitochondrial genomes are essential for deciphering the unique evolutionary
history of seed plants. However, the rules of their extreme variation in genomic size, multi …

Background Mitochondrial genomes of flowering plants (angiosperms) are highly dynamic in
genome structure. The mitogenome of the earliest angiosperm Amborella is remarkable in …

The mitochondrial genome of Liriodendron tulipifera exhibits many ancestral angiosperm
features and a remarkably slow evolutionary rate, while mitochondrial genomes of other …